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|logo = Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png
 
|logo = Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png
 
|developer = [[:Atari]]
 
|developer = [[:Atari]]
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Handheld game console]]
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|type = [[:Category:Handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
|generation = Fourth generation
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|generation = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]]
 
|release = 1989
 
|release = 1989
 
|discontinued = 1995
 
|discontinued = 1995
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
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The '''[[wikipedia:Atari Lynx|Atari Lynx]]''' was a handheld console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] in 1989. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time.
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The '''[[wikipedia:Atari Lynx|Atari Lynx]]''' was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for {{Inflation|USD|179.99|1989}}. It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time.
  
 
Unlike contemporaneous machines, its architecture is based upon a frame buffer and a scaling blitter, providing both 2d sprite and background scaling and hardware support for lines and filled triangles. Because it has no inherent concept of a tile map or any sprite-specific hardware, the drawing budget is per frame rather than per line; there is no enforced limit in terms of the number of sprites or sprites per line other than that implied by the amount of drawing that can be achieved within an acceptable frame rate.
 
Unlike contemporaneous machines, its architecture is based upon a frame buffer and a scaling blitter, providing both 2d sprite and background scaling and hardware support for lines and filled triangles. Because it has no inherent concept of a tile map or any sprite-specific hardware, the drawing budget is per frame rather than per line; there is no enforced limit in terms of the number of sprites or sprites per line other than that implied by the amount of drawing that can be achieved within an acceptable frame rate.
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! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
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|-
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| [[Mednafen]]
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| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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| [{{MednafenURL|releases}} {{MednafenVer}}]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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|-
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| [[MAME]]
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| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="6"|PC
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| [[OpenEmu]]
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| align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
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| [http://openemu.org {{OpenEmuVer}}]
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Mednafen]]
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| [[Handy]]
|Multi-platform
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| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
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| [[sourceforge:projects/handy/files/|0.95]]
|{{✓}}
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| {{}}
|{{}}
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| {{✓}}
|{{}}
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| {{}}
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| {{}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[MAME]]
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! colspan="7"|Consoles
|Multi-platform
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[http://openemu.org OpenEmu]
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| Handypsp
|macOS
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| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[http://openemu.org 2.0.6.1]
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| [https://archive.org/details/handypsp.7z 0.95.1]
|{{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
|{{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Handy]]
 
|Windows
 
|[[sourceforge:projects/handy/files/|0.95]] <br />[http://www.c5software.co.uk/downloads/handy0.971.zip 0.971]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
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! colspan="6"|Consoles
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| PLynx
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| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
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| [https://archive.org/details/plynx-v-09.7z 0.9]
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
|Handypsp
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| Handy-PSP
|[[PlayStation Portable]]
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| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[http://www.mediafire.com/?capbc4gdrw8d9b4 0.95.1]
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| [https://archive.org/details/handy-psp-001.7z 0.01]
|{{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
|{{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
|{{}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA HandyVITA]
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| Handy VITA
|PlayStation Vita
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| align=left|{{Icon|PSV}}
|[https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA/releases Henkaku]
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| [https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA/releases git]
|{{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
|{{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
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|[https://github.com/raz0red/wiihandy WiiHandy]
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| WiiHandy
|Wii
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| align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
|[https://github.com/raz0red/wiihandy 0.4]
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| [https://github.com/raz0red/wiihandy git]
|{{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
|{{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| Handy-3DS
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| align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}
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| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-handy-3ds-atari-lynx-emulator.394329/ 1.1b]
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
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===Comparison===
 
===Comparison===
;[[Mednafen]]:Based upon Handy, but unlike other forked cores, its emulation only improves upon the original.
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;[[Mednafen]]:Based upon Handy, but unlike other forked cores, its emulation only improves upon the original. Despite having the .lnx extension, No-Intro ROMs aren’t directly compatible with Mednafen nor Handy and must be converted with make_lnx, which is bundled with Handy.
;Handy:Hasn't been updated since 2007. Only included here for reference.
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;[[Handy]]:Hasn't been updated since 2007. Only included here for reference.
  
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===BIOS===
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All emulators require [[Emulator_Files#Atari_Lynx|a dump of the 512-byte BIOS]] named <code>lynxboot.img</code>. On Mednafen, put it on the root folder.
  
 
{{Atari}}
 
{{Atari}}
  
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Handheld consoles]]
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[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]
 
[[Category:Atari consoles]]
 
[[Category:Atari consoles]]
[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]
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[[Category:Atari Lynx emulators|*]]

Revision as of 21:23, 15 December 2021

Atari Lynx
Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png
Developer Atari
Type Handheld game console
Generation Fourth generation
Release date 1989
Discontinued 1995
Emulated

The Atari Lynx was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by Atari on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for $179.99. It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time.

Unlike contemporaneous machines, its architecture is based upon a frame buffer and a scaling blitter, providing both 2d sprite and background scaling and hardware support for lines and filled triangles. Because it has no inherent concept of a tile map or any sprite-specific hardware, the drawing budget is per frame rather than per line; there is no enforced limit in terms of the number of sprites or sprites per line other than that implied by the amount of drawing that can be achieved within an acceptable frame rate.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Mednafen Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.32.0-UNSTABLE
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264
OpenEmu macOS 2.4.1
Handy Windows 0.95
Consoles
Handypsp PSP 0.95.1
PLynx PSP 0.9 ~
Handy-PSP PSP 0.01
Handy VITA Vita git
WiiHandy Wii git
Handy-3DS Nintendo 3DS 1.1b

Comparison

Mednafen
Based upon Handy, but unlike other forked cores, its emulation only improves upon the original. Despite having the .lnx extension, No-Intro ROMs aren’t directly compatible with Mednafen nor Handy and must be converted with make_lnx, which is bundled with Handy.
Handy
Hasn't been updated since 2007. Only included here for reference.

BIOS

All emulators require a dump of the 512-byte BIOS named lynxboot.img. On Mednafen, put it on the root folder.

Atari logo.png
Consoles: Atari 2600Atari 5200Atari 7800Atari XEGSAtari JaguarAtari VCS
Handhelds: Atari Lynx
Computers: Atari 8-bitAtari ST